Boot or shoe



(No Model.) L. E. MOORE.

BOOT 0R SHOE'.

No. 282,239. Patented Aug. 8, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEE E. MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR sH-OE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,239, dated August8, 1.882.

Application filed May 18, 188:2. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE E. MOORE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovementin Boots and Shoes,ot` which the following is a descriptionsueiently full,

clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich said invention appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section,showing the method oi' connecting the welt; Fig. 2, a like view, showingthe shoe with the outer sole attached; and Fig. 3, an enlarged section.

Corresponding letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of boots and shoes which are providedwith welts; and it consists in anovel construction and arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a moreperfect article of this character is produced than is now in ordinaryuse.

yThe extreme simplicity of the improvement renders an elaboratedescription unnecessary ln the drawings, A represents the upper;v

B, the inner sole; C, the Outer sole; I), the welt, and E t-he lining.

In constructing; the shoe the welt D is reversed and one edge placedagainst the upper opposite the inner sole, B, as shown in Fig. 1. Thelwelt, upper, and inner sole are then connected by a row or series ot'stitches, m, which pass through the welt near its lower or inner edge,and from its under or wrong77 side, and thence through the upper andinner sole. The stitches enter the inner sole at its side nearest thetop orinside, and pass diagonally through the same and out at thebottom. After the welt, upper, and inner sole are connected, as shown inFig. l, the welt is bent or turned down upon the lower edge of theupper, and the outer sole attached by stitching through and through theouter sole, upper, and welt with one or more rows ot' stitches, as seenat a: in Fig. 2.

It will be obvious that no filling is required between the outer andinner soles, and that the stitches connecting the welt, upper, and

inner sole are entirely covered and protected, thus preventing theentrance of water through the stitch-holes.

The inner edge ofthe welt D may be turned upward, if preferred, in whichcase it should be channeled to receive the stitches. The inner sole andother parts may also he chalineled for their respective stitches, ifdesired.

I sometimes secure the inner edge of the welt by nails, pegs, or screwsinstead of the stitches m, and I also sometimes secure the outer edgeofthe welt by nails, pegs, or screws instead of' the stitches a',although I deem stitching preferable for securing both the inner andouter edges of the welt.

I am aware that a shoe having an out-turned upper and an external weltis not new, such a shoe being shown in Letters Patent No. 202,256,(lated April 9, 1878; but in the shoe described in said patent thcstitches which connect the welt, upper, and inner sole enter the innersole at some distance from its edge on the under or tlcsh side of thesame, and therefore do not have as lirln a hold on the inner sole as inmy shoe, where the stitches which unite the welt, upper, and inner soleenter the inner sole near its upper side on the edge proper and passdiagonally through Jthc sole ont ot' its lower side, as seen at m in thedrawings. The welt in said patented shoeI is also different from thewelt in my shoe, not being folded or partially folded over its innerline of fastening', and therefore not as trmly secured in position onthe out-turned upper.

Having thus explained my improvement, what I claim is- A boot or shoehaving an eXtc-rnalwelt, an out-turned upper, and an inner sole, theseparts being connected at the inner edge of the welt by a line ofstitches, which pass through the welt from its under side, thencethrough the upper, and into and diagonally through the edge proper ofthe inner sole, said welt being folded or partially folded over itsinner line of fastening down upon the out-turned upper, and secured atits outer edge to the upper and outer sole by a line ot' verticalstitches, substantially as specified.

LEE E. MOORE. Witnesses:

' J AMES M. PALMER,

C. A. SHAW.

